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Dissidents 'inept but dangerous' | |
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Dissident republicans are inept but dangerous, Northern Ireland's chief constable has said. | |
Security is being stepped up across Northern Ireland after the police issued a warning of an "increased terrorist threat". | |
Detectives said the public are likely to notice increased activity, including vehicle checkpoints. | |
Sir Hugh Orde said: "We have a general warning of a threat which increased to the point where we had to go public." | |
Last week, police said they feared dissident republicans were preparing a series of firebomb attacks, but fresh intelligence of attacks led to this latest warning. | |
What we are seeing is a group of disorganised but dangerous people lashing out - that's why we're concerned Sir Hugh OrdePSNI chief constable Sir Hugh said dissident republican groups had failed "to mount anything that's even close to being sustained". | |
"When you're a small cornered animal going in one direction, when Northern Ireland and indeed the universe is going in another, you lash out," he said. | |
"What we are seeing is a group of disorganised but dangerous people lashing out - that's why we're concerned." | |
Police have not issued such a threat warning in Northern Ireland for a number of years. | |
They have appealed for people to be patient and co-operate with officers as well as reporting any suspicious activity. | |
In November, the Real IRA shot two police officers in Londonderry and Dungannon, and police fear dissidents could be planning another shooting or bomb attack. |
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